Lime-bin



' (No Model.) 'I

J. W. O RMSBY.

LIME BIN.

No. 270,464. A Patented Jan. 9.1883.

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UNITED STATES Tries.

LIME- BIN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 270,464, dated January9, 1883.

(Xo model.)

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, J. WHITNEY ORMSBY, ot' Milwaukee, in the county ofMilwaukee, and

, iu the State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Lin1e- Bins; and I do hereby .declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description thereof'.

My invention relates to bins for storing lime; and it consists incertain peculiarities of construction by which the bins are renderedimpervious to air, as will be i'ully described hereinafter.

In the drawings, Figure l isa perspective view of my improved bin withthe top of' the same partly broken away, and Figs. 2 and 3 are details.

A is my improved bin, which is oblong in shape, and has double walls, Bbeing the outer and B' the inner walls.

C are corner-pieces, L-shaped in cross-section, andDareintermediateposts for strengthening the outer walls and supporting partitions d,that divide the inner walls into two chambers. The posts D are plane'ontheir outer sides, but are rabbeted out on their inner sides to leave atongue, d, which forms corners to receive the ends of thepartition-boards when they are joined tothe side boards of the innerwalls, and thus make a perfectly-protected joint. Intermediate betweenthe corner-pieces C, and between the posts D and corner-pieces (l, Iprovide uprights a for bracing the walls apart.

The cover or lid E is designed to rest upon the edges ot' the upperboards of the inner wall, and this lid is divided, so that the boardsthat compose it will abut against the tongue of a rabbeted timber, F,similar in every respect except position to the posts'D, and this timberF rests on the lid E,just over the partition-walls d, its ends beingclamped between the long top corner-pieces, G, that are counterparts ofthe corner-pieces C, and are mitered at their ends to end pieces, G. Atongue, d,

, projects down below the lid to receive the top boards of thepartitions and form corners, such as are formed by the posts D.

The corner-pieces C and intermediate posts, D, extend from the bottom otthe structure up as high as indicated in lig. l ofthe drawings,

and upon these posts and uprights a, I lay horizontal corner-pieces GG', (in every respect except in position similar to corner-pieces 0,)the edge of one flange resting on the upper ends of two of the posts Cand the interme diate uprights and the other iiange extending in on ahorizontal line. I then extend the outer walls, B, up to a level withthe top ot' the horizontal corner-pieces G G', and the inner walls up towithin the thickness ot' the lid E ot' the horizontal tlange ot' saidhorizontal pieces, securing the parts together preferably by blindnails.

H are strips, which are diamond-shaped in cross-section, and which Idesign to secure beneath the joints, between the edges of the boardsthat compose the inner walls of the structure, as shown in section inFigs. 2 and 3. The object of these strips is to form pockets forlime-dust or air-slaked lime to lodge in, so that as fast as the edgesot' the boards separate on account ot' shrinkage, or for any othercause, the lime will be guided into the openings thus made and willtillthem up, and thus prevent any access ot' air through into the bin.The object of my invention is to produce a bin that will be perfectlyair-tight, and which will not lose its character, even though theplanking ot which it is composed should warp or shrink, and this I amled to believe I have accomplished by a practical test ot' my bin. y

It might be well to imite the ends of the boards that compose the bin byimiter-joints, but I hardly think this will be necessary.

Ot' course the parts' that compose my bin will all be secured togetherby nails or screws. Alter the bin has been put up I propose to nail astrip, k, to each vertical corner to hidel the joint, as well as toprotect the corners from injury by the contact of cart-wheels and otherheavy bodies.

By dividing my bin into two compartments I am enabled to keep onecompartment iilled all the time and perfectly sealed while the other isbeing drawn upon, and therefore the dealer who uses my bin does not haveto wait until his entire stock is exhausted before ordering more lime. A

L are the openings through which I iill my bin, Iand these openings maybe closed by any suitable doors.

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M are the doors through which the lime is taken from the bins. I proposeto cover the top of my bins with a layer of slaked lime, and then toplace over that a movable roof; but this latter forms no part of myinvention, and therefore I do not show any Covering at all in mydrawings.

What I claim as my invention is- I 1. In aliine-bin, the interior andexterior end and side boards that compose the walls, in combination withcorner-pieces C, as set forth.

2. The combination of corner-pieces O, intermediate posts, D, and theboards that con pose the interiorand exterior walls, as set forth.

3. The combination of the inner Walls, par- 'mond-shaped strips II,cornerpieces U, and

posts D, substantially as described.

In testimony that I olailn the foregoing I. have hereunto set my hand onthis 28th day ofJnly,1SS2, in the presence oftwo witnesses.

J. WHITNEY ORMSBY.

Witnesses: S. S. SToU'r, HAROLD G. UNDEnWooD.

